Convertible sprinkler and water-pail.



J. J. SLITSKI, Jn. CONVERTIBLE SPRINKLER AND WATER PAIL.

APRLIOATIOH FILED DEC. 6, 1913.

1,091,971 Patented Mar. 31, 1911 JOSEPH J. SLITSKI, JR, 0F BAIDWINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONVERTTBLE SPRINKLER AND WATER-PAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Application filed December 6, 1913. Serial N 0. 805,106.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. Sm'rsm, J r.,

a citizen of the United States, residing at- Baldwinsville, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Con vertible Sprinklers and VVater- Pails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a convertible sprinkler and water pail, and it has for its object to produce a device of simple and efiicient construction which will enable a garden sprinkler to be converted into a pail and reconverted into a sprinkler, as occasion may require.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the class described having a detachable spout and simple and efiicient means for supporting the same in position for use, and also a detachable handle which may be applied and utilized as a bail for carrying the vessel.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of a garden sprinkler embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the device converted into a water pail. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the vessel showing the side to which the spout is applied, but the spout having been detached. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail View of the carrying bail or handle.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like-characters of reference.

A cylindrical vessel 15 constructed preferably of sheet metal is provided adjacent to its upper edge with diametrically opposite loops 16 and 17. The side wall of the vessel is provided with an opening 18 disposed below and approximately in vertical alinement with the loop 16 and below the opening 18, adjacent to the lower edge of the vessel, and approximately in vertical alinement with the loop 16 and the opening 18 is another loop 19. The opening 18 is surrounded by a screw threaded flange 20. The diametrically opposite side wall of the vessel is provided with a loop 21 positioned below and approximately in vertical alinement with the loop 17. 22 is a spout carrying at one end a spreading nozzle known as a rose 23; the opposite end of the nozzle has a threaded collar Qatadapted for engagement with the threaded flange 20. The spout is provided near its outer end which carries the rose 23 with loops or eyes 25, 26 positioned, respectively, on the upper and under sides thereof. A top brace 27 having terminal hooks 28, 29 is used to connect the loop 16 at the upper edge of the vessel with the eye 25 on theupper side of the spout. A second brace 30 having terminal hooks 31, 32 is used to connect the loop 19 at the lower edge of the vessel with the eye 26 on the underside of the spout. The latter will thus be strongly braced and reinforced when the device is in use as a sprinkler, but it will be seen that the hooked braces may be readily detached or disengaged, after which the spout may be removed by disengaging the threaded collar 24 from the flange 20. The spout may then be replaced by a threaded cap 33, as seen in Fig. 3.

A curved or arcuate handle 34 is provided, said handle having hooks 35, 36 at the ends thereof. When the device is to be used as .a sprinkler. the hooks 35 and 36 are engaged, respectively, with the loop 17 at the upper edge of the vessel and with the loop 21. When the device is to be used as a water pail, and the spout 22, together with the braces 27 and 30, have been detached and the cap 33 placed in position, the handle may be positioned diametrically across the top of the vessel, the hooks 35, 36 being then engaged with the loops 16, 17, as in Fig. 3.

The handle 34 as well as the braces 27 and 30 are to be made of material possessing inherent resiliency sufiicient to enable the said members to remain securely when sprung into position, and the terminal hooks are, moreover, to be shaped so as to readily engage the engaging members.

A hood may be fitted detachably on the top rim of the vessel when the latter is used as a watering pot, as indicated in dotted lines in Fi 2.

Having thus described the lnvention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a device of theclass described, a vessel provided at its upper edge with loops at diametrically opposite sides, one side wall of the vessel being provided with an opening surrounded by a threaded flange and with a loop below said opening, said loop and opening being in approximate vertical alinement with one of the loops at the top edge, and the other side wall of the vesselhaving a loop positioned below and in approximate vertical alinement with the other loop at the top edge, a spout having at one end a threaded collar engaging the threaded flange, said spout being provided with eyes on its upper and under sides, detachable braces connecting the respective eyes with the loops at the top and bottom edges of one side of the vessel, and a detachable handle having terminal hooks engaging the loops at hooks, and loops at the top edge and intermediate the top and bottom edges for'connectinp; said handle with the vessel, a loop being provided at the opposite top edge of the vessel for the attachment of the top brace and with which the hook at one end of the handle member is capable of being. connected.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. SLITSKI, J R. Witnesses:

CARLE'roN A. FLETCHER,

ETHEL I. THOMAS, 

